We will be lucky to have poet Andreas Gripp as our first featured reader.

If everyone can aim for 7:30 arrival, Gripp will start his reading at 8 and read for 20-30 mins with regular open mic spoken word to follow.

here is some information about him.

Andreas Gripp is the author of 12 books of poetry, including Anathema: Poems Selected & New (Harmonia Press, 2009) and The Fall (Harmonia Press, 2010). He lives in London, Ontario with his cat, Clea.
Poetry by Andreas Gripp has been published in a number
of literary magazines and anthologies, including Ascent
Aspirations, Literary Review of Canada, Carousel,
Van Gogh’s Ear, Sketchbook, The Toronto Quarterly, Canadian Zen Haiku, Arborealis: A Canadian Anthology
of Poetry, and Goodbye Billie Jean: The Meaning of
Michael Jackson.He has read at various literary events in Ontario, includingThe Art Bar series in Toronto, The I.V. Lounge series in Toronto, LitLive in Hamilton, The Poetry Cafe in Oakville,The Poetry London series in London, and The Sasquatch and Dusty Owl Series in Ottawa. He has shared the stage with a number of award-winning poets including Molly Peacock, Anne Compton, Suzanne Buffam, Olive Senior, Penn Kemp and John B. Lee among others.

This is his first live reading in Sarnia.

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The best way for people to sample my poetryis by visiting my website where a selection of poems are available for reading: http://www.andreasgripp.com

I will be selling Anathema for $12 and The Fall for $10
and will offer a special deal for the event in Sarnia —both for $15.